Citizen Science: Probing the Virtues and Contexts of Participatory Research

Citizen science is an increasingly popular activity, from bird counts to amateur water sample collection to air quality monitoring. Researchers and theorists in the field of science and technology studies (STS) have typically applauded these efforts because they make science more participatory, prov...

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Main Authors: Aya H. Kimura, Abby Kinchy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Social Studies of Science 2016-12-01
Series:Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
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Online Access:http://estsjournal.org/article/view/99/58